"Okii developed a sweet little warbling song". Two days from the nest! This was not an accident, as the notes following show). This first full song was heard at about 9:35 A.M. Julio reports that, while trimming trees during the afternoon in my absence, he heard it twice again, and that Okii will be a "much better singer than Broken-Wing". Rhody, following the practice of the last few days, kept himself out of sight during the forenoon, but early in the afternoon, appeared at the cage for meat and loafed around until time to go to his roost. The mouse given him, once more, was bolted still kicking, without benefit of ritual. .................................................. (I have just looked at last year's notes of corresponding data (See p. 1230). Curiously his present behavior is exactly paralleling that of the same period of last year, as shown by the entry for the period of July 21st. to 24th., incl.; in both cases exhibiting the same morning absences and the same indifference to nests just recently under active construction). July 25th. I woke up at 4 A.M. and listened. A thrasher was making in-articulate sound nearby. I went to the window and listened. The bird was in a tree about 30 feet from the window and I judged that it had probably slept there. About 4:45 it began to sing loud, detached, widely spaced songs. About 5 the sounds ceased, but were soon heard on the other side of the house; a thrasher was at the feeding station in the patio eating the suet mixture. Rhody, as if to make certain that no false deductions would be drawn from his repetition of last year's behavior at this season, elected this day, to remain continuously where I could see him from 9 A.M. until after 5 P.M., at which time he accepted a mouse without display, gulped it, then headed off toward his night roost. Okii was not heard to sing (by me) during the day, but Julio says he heard him twice while I was away in a different part of the grounds. Chiisai is sprouting a new rectrix. It appears that the original was lost by accident and not through moult, as the moult of both birds seems to be, as yet, confined to the soft feathers. I see no certain evidence of a new claw taking the place of the one lost, unless a sort of a nucleus visible there is such a beginning. Okii's eyes, confirming recent suspicions, are now showing a definitely warmer hue of the iris than Chiisai's. July 26th. Rhody took the forenoon off, but got back on the job about 1 P.M. and ate his meat; thereafter proceeding to loaf in the vicinity of the cage. 3 P.M. Still there. (Lugie Miller) 4 P.M. Drs. Grinnell and Miller came to see the birds. Rhody still on the job and received a mouse for good behavior in the presence of the visitors.